knitting etc.

OK, I know this is a folk dance blog, not a knitting blog, but since I do knit at folk dancing, and since some people seem to be interested, here are photos of some completed projects that you may have seen in progress in the past year or two...

Change of venue for Zlatne Uste today!

Just received from Harry:

Saturday, April 12: free folkdance with Zlatne Uste

2-4 p.m., Latvian Center, 4146 N Elston, Chicago

Not in Millennium Park !!

Estonian Film Tour/Bulgarian Singers Tour – REMINDER April Midwest Live Music Events

Received from Paul:

Dear Folks:

Message Contents
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#1: Apr-May US/Canada Shows–“The Singing Revolution” (Estonian Film)
#2: May-Jun  US/Canada Tour – “Le Mystere Des Voix Bulgares”
#3: Apr 10 – Milwaukee(WI) - Live Music Party w/Nick Bratkovich
#4: Apr 11 – Chicago - Live Music Party w/Zlatne Uste & Ork. Sloboda
#5: Apr 12 – Chicago – Free Dance in Millennium Park w/Zlatne Uste
#6: Apr 12 – Appleton(WI) Fox Valley Wks (Kuharski/Rudin/Bratkovich)
#7: Apr 24 - Café Antarsia Ensemble - Chicago Cultural Center
#8: Apr 26 - Macedonian films by Milcho Manchevski in Chicago
#9: Apr 29 – Milwaukee(WI) – Live Music Party w/Izvor
#10: Mailing List Policies for ethnicdance.net/dcff.net

More detailed info: www.ethnicdance.net/calendar

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#1: Apr-May  US/Canada Shows – “The Singing Revolution” (Estonian Film)
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If you enjoy into ethnic singing, this movie is an excellent and moving
film about the Estonian “singing revolution”, an inspiring account of
Estonia’s dramatic rebirth from fifty years of occupation and a story of
humankind’s irrepressible drive for freedom and self-determination.
Showing on various dates in April/May in Chicago, Vancouver (BC),
Portland (OR), Wilmington (DE), Washington (DC), Philadelphia, Ft
Lauderdale, Cleveland, etc. website: www.singingrevolution.com,
schedule: www.singingrevolution.com/cgi-local/screenings.cgi


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#2: May-Jun  US/Canada Tour – “Le Mystere Des Voix Bulgares”
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More for singing lovers: "Le Mystere des Voix Bulgares", a Grammy
award-winning ensemble of a rare artistic gift and enormous popular
appeal tours the US and Canada this spring. Created fifty years ago, its
goal was to enrich the heritage of the Bulgarian solo folk song with
harmonies and arrangement that highlighted its beautiful timbres and
irregular rhythms. These mystic voices have managed countless times to
dissolve the separation between East and West, of young and old, of pop
music and classical tunes. Milwaukee (5/16), Minneapolis (5/17), Chicago
(5/18).  Tour Schedule:
http://eyefortalent.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/artist.performance_schedule/artist_
id/66


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#3: Apr 10 – Milwaukee(WI) - Live Music Party w/Nick Bratkovich
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Folk Dance Party, with Live Music by Nick Bratkovich, 7:30 to 10:30,
Hart Park, 7300 W. Chestnut, Wauwatosa, WI 53213 (West Milwaukee
suburb), Forrest Johnson. (262)-662-2293, forcar@milwpc.com


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#4: Apr 11 – Chicago - Live Music Party w/Zlatne Uste & Ork. Sloboda
     Chicagoland Spring Fling–Ed Birchfield Birthday Party
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Chicagoland Spring Fling 2008, Dancer Appreciation Night – Ed
Birchfield’s Birthday Party, Live Music with Orkestar Sloboda and Zlatne
Uste, Chicago Latvian Community Center, 4146 N Elston Ave - Chicago, IL
60618, NW corner of Elston (NW Diag) & Hamlin (3800W), Balkan Dance
Lesson – 7:00pm to 8:00pm, Balkan Dance Party – 8:00pm to midnight

Orkestar Sloboda (Milwaukee) – Serbian & Balkan - Orchestra "Sloboda"
(Freedom, Liberty), a gathering of musicians coming from two Serbian
Orthodox churches in the Milwaukee Area (St. Nikola and St. Sava) was
first formed in 1972.  Sloboda and has performed all around the Midwest
for consecrations, weddings, dances, and festivals and for international
folk dance events.  Members are: Milan Kontich (Accordion), Harley
Schoville (Percussion), Stevo Petrovich (Tambura), and Savo Radjenovich
(Bass Guitar). Website: www.balkanmusic.com/sloboda

Zlatne Uste (New York City)  – Balkan Brass Band - Zlatne Uste (Golden
Lips) is an internationally known group of American-born musicians
playing traditional music of the Balkans, primarily representing
Serbian, Macedonian, Bulgarian and Romany (Gypsy) traditions. Four-time
invited guest at the Dragachevo Brass Festival in Gucha, Serbia, the
12-piece band is among the foremost presenters of traditional Balkan
dance music in the United States.  Each year Zlatne Uste hosts and
produces the Golden Festival, New York's biggest and best Balkan music
festival with an astounding 40 or more bands and something for everyone.
Website: www.zlatneuste.org, BYOB! – BYO Desserts, Please RSVP to
rsvp@ethnicdance.net, No Charge, www.ethnicdance.net/downloads/springfling


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#5: Apr 12 – Chicago – Free Dance in Millennium Park w/Zlatne Uste
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Free Live Music Dance in Millennium Park with Zlatne Uste Brass Band
(New York), 2:00pm-5:00pm, Wrigley Square in Millennium Park, 55 N
Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60611, Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs
events: http://egov.cityofchicago.org/CulturalAffairs or call 312-744-6630.

Rain/Bad Weather Location Chicago Latvian Community Center, 4146 N
Elston, Chicago, IL 60618


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#6: Apr 12 – Appleton(WI) Fox Valley Workshop
 (Michael Kuharski/Catherine Rudin/music by Nick Bratkovich)
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Fox Valley (WI) Folkdancers (Appleton), Workshop with Michael Kuharski
(Madison, WI) and Catherine Rudin (Wayne, NE)), South Greenville (WI)
Grange Hall, 6920 County Hwy BB, Appleton, WI 54915, Live music by Nick
Bratkovich (Tulsa, OK), Barbara Westhofen, (920)-734-4029,
westhofenb@aol.com, Patricia Scott, (715)-831-0057,
pjscott@pressenter.com, www.angelfire.com/music4/walenski/FolkDancers.html


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#7: Apr 24 - Café Antarsia Ensemble - Chicago Cultural Center
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Café Antarsia Ensemble (Eastern European world folk) plays at Music
Without Borders, Fridays at 12:15pm, Free, Chicago Cultural Center,
Randolph Café, 77 E. Randolph St., Chicago, 60601, Cultural Center
Information: (312)-744-6630, http://chicagoculturalcenter.org,
http://www.cafeantarsiaensemble.com/index.html


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#8: Apr 26 - Macedonian films by Milcho Manchevski in Chicago
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Doc Films & CEERES present @ International House, 1414 E 59th St,
Chicago, IL 60637, Dust (4:30pm), Shadows (8:00pm), Dust (11:30pm),
Milcho Manchevski will appear in person at these showings


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#9: Apr 29 – Milwaukee(WI) – Live Music Party w/Izvor
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Volunteer Appreciation Night, Folk Dance Party, with Live Music by Izvor
7:30 to 10:30, Hart Park, 7300 W. Chestnut, Wauwatosa, WI 53213 (West
Milwaukee suburb), Forrest Johnson. (262)-662-2293, forcar@milwpc.com


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Sincerely,
--
Paul Collins

EDC c/o Jordan-Webb - 2656 W Montrose Ave - Suite 110
         Chicago, IL 60618-1559
         info@ethnicdance.net
         www.ethnicdance.net
         Office/Voice: (773)-463-2288
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April 11-12 Zlatne Uste + Ork. Sloboda at EDC + ZU at Millenium Park

Update: here are links to the flyers for these events:
http://www.ethnicdance.net/downloads/spring_fling_2008.pdf

http://www.ethnicdance.net/downloads/Zlatne_Uste_Millennium_Park_2008_v1.pdf

Listed on the EDC calendar :

April 11, 2008
Free Live Music Dance Party - Dancer Appreciation Night
EDC Dance @ Latvian Community Center
Featuring two bands: Zlatne Uste Brass Band (New York) and
Orkestar "Sloboda" (Milwaukee)
Chicago Latvian Community Center
4146 N Elston Ave - Chicago 60618
SW Corner of Elston (NW Diag) and Hamlin (3800W)

And on the Zlatne Uste site, under their Upcoming Events section:

Apr. 12, 2008

Chicago, IL
2 pm, Wrigley Square in Millennium Park, FREE
Chicago Music Without Borders Music Series

Fermilab upcoming dance events

Received from Mady:

From: "Mady Newfield"
To:"Mady Newfield"
Subject: Fermilab International Folk Dancing in the Auditorium this week plus upcoming events
Date: Wednesday, April 02, 2008 11:22:21 AM

Hi,

Just for this Thursday, April 3, Fermilab International Folk Dancing will be meeting in Ramsey Auditorium at Wilson Hall (Fermilab's high rise) instead of at the Barn. We'll be back to the Barn next week.

Looking ahead to other events of possible interest, this Saturday, April 5, there will be both an afternoon of English country dancing (2 p.m.) and an evening of Scottish country dancing (the RSCDS Chicago Branch Spring Dance, at 7 p.m.) at Fermilab's Barn, with a potluck supper in between.

Next weekend, April 11 -12, holds a visit by Zlatne Uste at Ethnic Dance Chicago's Spring Fling on Friday evening, and dancing in Millenium Park on Saturday (check it out at www.ethnicdance.net) OR a contra dance workshop with the band Nightingale and George Marshall calling at the University of Chicago (check it out at http://fac.uchicago.edu/danceweekend.html)

And save the first weekend in May: our Fermilab groups in conjunction with Tom Senior's Evanston English country dance group are sponsoring two workshops in Cross-Step Waltz, a very accessible and fun "vernacular" vintage waltz, taught by Jeanette Watts of Dayton, Ohio. One will be 7:30 p.m., Friday, May 2, at Fermilab's Barn, and the other at 7:30 p.m,. Saturday, May 3, at the Harvard Congregational Church, 2045 S. Kenilworth Av. in Oak Park. For more information or a copy of the flyer go to http://www.fnal.gov/orgs/folkdance/

Hope to see you soon!

Mady

Video clips + Photos - Balkanske Igre 2008 Spring Festival

Update: It turns out that Atanas has a strict no-video policy for his workshops, so I was asked to take down the video from the workshops. Apologies to Atanas and Balkanske for the faux pas.

Another Riverdance cartoon